Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX6258075180

Guidance for walkers: The monuments featured in this database are archaeological treasures and need to be protected and preserved - please do not disturb any sites. Please check access and firing times before visiting sites, not all sites listed are on open access land. Firing ranges and boundaries of open access areas are marked on the OL28 OS Dartmoor Explorer map. Please stick to the country code and consider giving support to the numerous agencies that help to keep Dartmoor a fabulous natural and historic environment!

About the database: In all listings clicking on the photo will open a page for the site with a larger photo. The listings are drawn mainly from scientific journals and will not include the most recently discovered minor sites. There is comprehensive coverage of stone circles, stone rows and menhirs. Listings for cists and cairn circles should cover most of the better known sites. There are only partial entries for round cairns, settlements, pounds and none for reaves. For listings of specific types of monument click on Resources in the menu above. Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.

NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument in the map will give the name of the monument. Where icons overlap they are replaced with an icon with a number - zooming in may separate them out.

OS Map:SX 64140 76270NMR record:SX 67 NW 44HER record:5885Megalithic Portal:3056Alternate name: Bellever Tor 2 Encircled CairnShortName: EC:Bellever SWButler map: 27.20.2Grinsell: LYD 59aTurner: F18Notes: Turner F18 "cairn, it does not appear to have been excavated, although there is a slight disturbance at the top centre where large granite stones are bared. At the north west extreme are two stones, the positions of which indicate this being part of the retaining circle, no others remain. Height 0.8m, diameter 5.0m."Nearby sites:SX64147627Distance: 1.9km

OS Map:SX 61406 76044NMR record:SX 67 NW 151HER record:57569Megalithic Portal:45816PMD:Crockern TorAlternate name: Crockern Tor N.W. CistShortName: CT:CrockernTorButler Vol 5: p.32 & Fig.11DPD page: 110Notes: "Remains of a small cairn with cist on a moderate W slope in open grassland at SX 61407604 overlooking the West Dart in Crockern Newtake. It has been robbed heavily, leaving only one cist slab and fragments of the cairn material. The slab is restangular in side view and in section, firmly embedded on edge, measuring 1.2m long 0.48m high and 0.15m thick. It is aligned NW to SE." Butler Vol 5 p. 32. Lethbridge diagram and photo p.110.Nearby sites:SX61417604Distance: 1.45km

OS Map:SX 62580 75180NMR record:SX 67 NW 56HER record:5894Megalithic Portal:45745PMD:Muddilake NewtakeShortName: CT:MuddilakeNotes: Dixon #82. Bar Rep. 58 (TDA 71. 1939 illustration p.69). Grinsell LYDFORD 105. This "cist" entry was listed by Dixon, however, it seems a dubious entry. The NMR for a location close to this supposed cairn & cist states: "A hut circle, not a cairn circle". This is not listed by Butler, the relevant map is Vol. 2. Map 29.9. This is almost certainly not a cist. "The measurements do not conform to those of Prowse but nothing else can be seen in the vicinity. It is most unlikely that these stones represent the remains of a cist, but are a natural occurrence." Nearby sites:SX62587518Distance: 0km